Spirit of the Winter Holidays Envelops Blenheim-Gilboa

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NORTH BLENHEIM—It’s “deck the halls” time at the visitors center at the New York Power Authority’s Blenheim-Gilboa Pumped Storage Power Project here.

A Festival of Trees begins on Wednesday, Dec. 1, and continues right into the New Year, concluding on Sunday, Jan.2.

The Festival will feature a display of holiday trees decorated by a number of local organizations including the Jefferson Senior Citizens, the Jefferson Central School and the Northern Catskill Occupational Center-BOCES. Not to be outdone, the staff at Blenheim-Gilboa will decorate trees with the following themes: Adirondack, Victorian, Patriotic, Disney, Schoharie County Agriculture, Angels, Gingerbread and more.

Highlight of the entire Festival will be the arrival of Santa Claus and his reindeer on Saturday, Dec. 11. Youngsters will have the opportunity to visit with Santa and have their picture taken as well as receive a free gift. The live reindeer will be on display and Laraway’s Clydesdales will be providing sleigh or carriage rides depending on the weather.

As always, the visitors center, which is located in a fully-restored 19th Century dairy barn, is admission-free and open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The center will be closed Dec. 23-25 and Dec. 31 and Jan. 1, 2005. The visitors center is located on Route 30, 17 miles south of Middleburgh and 5 miles north of Grand Gorge. It is about 50 miles southwest of Albany.

A calendar of special events at the Blenheim-Gilboa visitors center may be obtained by calling 1-800-724-0309 or by visiting the Power Authority’s web site at www.nypa.gov.